CVE-2006-3198 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in Opera 8.54 and earlier versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious JPEG image with excessively large height and width values, leading to insufficient memory allocation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (e.g., Metasploit, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.